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Yep, weather man says it's only the truly insane people left behind now! I know it should be obvious, but do not go into the attic if your house fills with water...that's where a large percentage of bodies are found since if the roof fills up you can't escape. If it were me though, I'd be hiding in Tennessee...go visit the King or something. I hope nothing happens, but if it does, any relatives you have that are in safe areas are going to call you a selfish SOB for robbing them of their future with you.
 
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LanceD said:
The biggest problem with evacuating is that when it's all over you aren't allowed to come back to your homes for several days. Once the hurricanes past you want to be able to start working right away to pick up the pieces.
Lance
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Yeah, if you aren't floating face down in the canal.

Leave, and leave now, while you still have time.

Praying for you and yours.
 
Good luck Lance. I hope that all goes well for you and you and yours come through safely. We will look forward to updates from Doc.

Steve
 
Well Lance, if you haven't left by now, I think you are in trouble. Jim Cantorie from the Weather channel is in Houma. He is a hurricane magnet. He shows up where ever they hurricanes wind up going. Just kidding you.

It was nice to talk to you. Hopefully we can do it face to face in a few weeks.

I spoke with him probably around 6pm CST. At that time things were fine. They were expecting things to get really bad around midnight CST
 
Lance,
My family and I are praying for you and all who will be affected by this storm. I never lived in a Hurricane alley so don't know what I would do. We're praying the storm will let up and miss as many people as possible. We realize it's coming ashore somewhere and hope it will not be like Katrina. God Bless you. Try to get some rest now because you will likely need it in the coming days.
 
Update 840pm PDT...I just got off the phone with Lance, the rain has started and at this time G has been downgraded to a Cat 3...but still is on the same track. I will try and talk to Lance tomorrow after noon...pending cell service. He Seems to be in good sprits and is thankful for everyones concerns, I will keep you updated as I get info from Him


Jay
 
Well, this time tomorrow night, it will be just you and those big swamp mosquitos sitting in the dark with no A/C, no refrigeration and probably out of beer. Oh, and water up to your back pockets. Let us know how big a mistake it was to stay!!
 
Lance,

I would imagine you have your reasons for weathering out the storm. Some stay because its their duty. Others stay because they are caring for someone who cannot leave. Still others stay because of personal needs. I pray that you and everyone else that stays, for whatever reason, remain safe.

I would also encourage everyone to read some of these posts and ask yourself if the most positive encouragement to leave was offered. There will be another event where we as a group should encourage someone using the best logic possible.
 
I read over again and it all seems to me like peoples reasons to leave are proper and just. It's not like we can drive down there and force people to leave eve though it's the proper thing to do. It is my opinion that if you stay you should not recieve any type of public assistance whatsoever, and if you die, we sell your stuff to pay for your burial. Basically, in another half day, or tomorrow morning, there will be national guard and other officials on the scene, but residents will not be allowed back in right away. People found behind should be documented to not receive any assistance financially. People that are sick or bed ridden do not have to stay behind for a hurricane...the government offers many options to evacuate those people. If everyone would evacuate as they are supposed to, then the police, military, coast guard, and any other rescue people would also be allowed to leave and not have to have their lives in any risk. The fact that some are too big headed to leave is the reason rescue workers stay behind, so I surmise that if a rescue worker dies it is related to the fact that "you" whoever you are, won't leave your house...these people have families too, and they are putting it all on the line so you can ignore evacuation of your personal possessions. Can you live with that?
 
Hope everything goes as well as can be expected up there. Last I heard it was moving faster than expected which I would assume means less water on the ground than if it was moving slower, like the storm that we had here in Florida a few weeks ago.

One thing though to turn a bad situation good is, if possible, collect tree branches (and trees too I assume) after the storm is over and make pen blanks out of them. After they dry out that is.

Stay Safe!
 
I received a message from Lance at 2:00 today (Monday). Here it is:
"Al all is well. Using my iPhone to email you. No cell or regular phone service at the moment. Will try to contact you later. Still have the backside of the storm to go through. Thank everyone for the well wishes. Shop needs new roof but no damage to house."

 I'll let y'all know when I hear more. If anybody else hears from Lance . . . please post it.
 
Power is out means A/C is not working and lights will be out when it turns dark. And it is hot down in the bayou parishes. Refrigerator is out so beer is no longer cold. Phones are out so no ordering more beer. Roof is gone from shop so lathe and other tools are getting wet and rusting. Back side of storm, usually worse, still coming so more possible damage and too late to get out now. Giant Louisiana mosquitos and looters will be there next. Sounds like how I want to spend my Labor Day.
I truly wish Lance good luck and safe passage but I will have little sympathy if things turn bad. It is one thing to admire a person's guts for sticking it out but to find them same guts washed up in the yard is something else.
Fortunately the storm weakened and was not the Cat. 5 they were predicting. Let us know of any news from Lance.
 
I just spoke with Lance. He called a few minutes ago (8:15PM). His family and friends are all fine. He was in good spirits. There was no flooding near his house but there was a lot of wind damage. Trees down and lots of debris laying around. His house did not have any damage. His rod building shop is in an outside building and part of the roof was torn up. But, he had moved all of his power tools and machinery out of the shop before Gustav came through. Sounds like his rod building materials got wet.

He has no electricity and was told not to expect power for two or three weeks. He's running a small generator. There are still bands of powerful rain coming through but the worst is over for him.

Lance wanted to make certain that I tell all of you that he appreciates your thoughts and prayers. It may be awhile before he can get back online.
 
Al,

Thanks for the update. I wasn't able to get online earlier and was worried about Lance. I hope the fact that this storm was less than expected doesn't lull people into taking hurricanes for granted. If this storm had strengthened as predicted, those who stayed behind could have been in serious trouble.

I would like to compliment Louisiana's governor for an excellent disaster plan.
 
Like everyone else, I been following this storm closely. I am extremely glad that Lance, and everyone else, seems to have weathered the storm just fine. I was not expecting "not to expect power for two to three weeks" though. So I did a search. Here is an article if anyone is interested.
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN0134292720080902
My first thoughts were, when will they let people back in? Will a million people be out of work for two or three weeks or more? What if those people were in a hotel? How will they pay? What about the little kids and the elderly?
Even with a "smaller" hurricane like this, it disrupts a million people's lives and for some of these people it may take years to "catch up". My prayers go out to all of the people who had to go through this. I wish you all the best.
 
I'm glad that it came ashore with less strength than expected, but even with the lower level of intensity it looks like there is still quite a bit of damage, Memphis took in almost 35,000 evacuees and a lot of 4 legged critters.
I hope the fatality count stays low, and these peoples lives get back to normal soon,
 
wdcav1952 said:
Al,
...If this storm had strengthened as predicted, those who stayed behind could have been in serious trouble.
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The only thing predictable about these storms is that they are unpredictable.
They have, however, been getting better predictions on where they will hit. Time and strength are still not quite there. The first of last week, this one was supposed to hit New Orleans about 1PM Tuesday (today) as a grade storm. luckily it spread up and did not intensify as much as originally thought.
 
I guess I can breath again. I have had the tv tuned to the weather channel for the last three days. at one point they had Houma listed on the map. felt the hair stand up just a bit when I saw that. It has been nice to hear the updates through this and so releaved that everyone is well. The shop can be repaired and materials replaced. Our friends are something that are one of a kind.
 
Hey everyone, we're still hanging in here, no power and Internet service available yet. We may be without power for up to two more weeks. Been cooking everything on bbque pit and butane. I was able to purchase a larger generator today to run my shop ac where we'll sleep at tonight. My rodbuilding supplies were saved but some of my power tools and one of my lathes got rained on pretty heavy. I was able to get some roofing supplies when Home Depot opened up this morning.

I wanted to thank Al for relaying the message for me and to say thanks for all the well wishes, thoughts and prayers everyone sent my way.

I still don't have Internet service and am using my iPhone to type this so please excuse any typo's. I'll try to update as soon as possible.

Oh and also I had a couple of people that ordered some pricing tags from me, I want you to know that I haven't forgotten about you but we still don't have any mail service yet but I will send them out as soon as possible.

Lance
 
Good to here that everything is ok, other than not having power. I'm somewhat amazed that Home Depot was open, though I guess the people that stayed need to buy things to fix up and protect their home.
 
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